Whether you know it or not, dozens of the apps on your Android device are constantly collecting data as long as you’re connected to a cell or Wi-Fi network. Many of the apps don’t warn you in advance ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. It seems like every day we hear of a computer security breach in the news: A hacker who has stolen records from one company or another; ...

Next year I'm planning on leaving my current career as a web developer and moving into systems/network administration. I know computers and networking pretty well for an amatuer, but I'm trying to ...

Therefore, I'd generally recommend putting Web servers outside the firewall. Once you set up your firewall, you will undoubtedly receive frequent requests from your users to poke a hole in it and let ...

Few businesses would choose to operate without a series of locks, alarms and security cameras to protect their premises and inventory from intrusions and theft. Protecting your computer systems is ...

Some operating systems have a firewall built into the kernel. There are hardware-based firmware firewalls in your modems and routers. And then there are several third-party hardware and software ...

The firewall is one of the most important security features in a computer environment. In the classic sense, a firewall is set up on an appliance, such as a computer that fulfills just a single, ...

Classic mistake, a well tested policy known to work was being rolled out, then in a moment of genius I thought I'd best set the Firewall service to Automatic too since some of the older machines have ...